Is the feeling that this new arena will be better for their fan base or just an economic one (owner makes $$$ on development plus luxury boxes, etc).
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cptjeff
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Some from column A, some from column B. The current arena is old and the concourses are cramped (largely due to the physical limits of the current location), limiting food and drink options and just making moving around unpleasant. Luxury box quantity and quality is more or less up to snuff. It would need significant investment in the next few years just due to wear and there was a lot of discussion about whether it would make sense to do that or if they would need a new one- and you really can't build a new arena in the current location without finding a multi-year interim.
The Potomac Yards area is a northern part of Alexandria that was mostly a giant strip mall and some low income areas bypassed by the metro, but it's been increasingly developed and they recently added an infill stop on the metro and the expectation has been that that strip mall would be going bye-bye. I suspect it'll be a bit of an arena district thing, which is what the old arena created in downtown DC back when downtown DC was still a burnt out wreck. Just fill the whole area with apartment buildings with ground floor retail and an arena, all at once. I'm sure they'll be getting significant tax incentives from Younkin, who has been trying desperately to bring some of the DC sports teams to the VA side of the region. He's trying to poach the Commanders as well. And it'll be interesting to see if Leonsis is wetting his beak in the overall redevelopment of the strip mall- he's gonna be printing money if he's managed to get the whole project.
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Slick shot by Bedard for a goal. Good to see the game living up to the hype early.
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ESPN audio for this marquee matchup (Connor v. Connor) is about 1.5 seconds ahead of the play. So you’re hearing Buccigross say what happens before it happens on screen. It sucks. We’re past the first commercial break and it’s still not fixed, so maybe we’re stuck that way.
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Glad to hear that wasn't just me. I checked online a couple of places and was surprised not to see a ton of complaints. I hate that crap.
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If you’d searched “ESPN audio” on Twitter you’d find the complaints you’re looking for haha.
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Ref asked Nardella what he thought of Dundon and he couldn’t give an answer that wasn’t filled with expletives. So in a way, it is our fault.
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he was asking if the ref wanted to try some braggot after the game. Common mistake.
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With help from McDavid, NHL debuts new winner-take-all All-Star Skills in 2024
Well, based on the format here if we assume Aho will be our All-Star I don't think he'll get to take part in the skills challenge.
12 skaters selected "The first eight contestants will be elite players selected from the larger pool of 44 all-stars announced on Jan. 4, by the league in conjunction with its broadcast partners and the Players' Association. Big names and big personalities will be targeted, as all players will be mic'd up throughout the competition. The NHL wants guys to compete hard."
and 4 via fan vote.
Well, based on the format here if we assume Aho will be our All-Star I don't think he'll get to take part in the skills challenge.
12 skaters selected "The first eight contestants will be elite players selected from the larger pool of 44 all-stars announced on Jan. 4, by the league in conjunction with its broadcast partners and the Players' Association. Big names and big personalities will be targeted, as all players will be mic'd up throughout the competition. The NHL wants guys to compete hard."
and 4 via fan vote.
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So rather than getting to see everyone compete somewhere in the Skills Comp, you'll only get to see big names from big markets and f*** everyone else...you'll get to see them play 5 min in the All-Star game. They've somehow made the All-Star game and such even LESS interesting and intriguing, I didn't know they could even do that. Even when our guys only get slotted into 1 event, it's fun to see them there, now there won't be a point because chances are you can already name 10-12 players that they'll choose the top 8 from and it definitely won't be the Canes. Hell, last year it should have been Nachos in it, and when they didn't pick him, the fan vote did...and they decided the fans were wrong anyway and picked someone else.
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As I understand, just a little over 400 million funding will come from Monumental Sports & Entertainment, and the rest of the 2 billion from the state of Virginia. The DC city council had a last ditch offer last night of 500 million, probably just to save face.
The Caps moving out of Metro Center/Chinatown will completely destroy what's left of that area. Pretty much all of the business in that area was supported by office workers who never came back after COVID, and the Capital One Area. Right now it's basically a open-air drug market, riddled with theft and vandalism similar to pockets in San Francisco. Outside of Caps games, I wouldn't recommend anyone walk around there.
With how incompetent DC Council is, it won't be too long before DC is a suburb of NoVa.
The Caps moving out of Metro Center/Chinatown will completely destroy what's left of that area. Pretty much all of the business in that area was supported by office workers who never came back after COVID, and the Capital One Area. Right now it's basically a open-air drug market, riddled with theft and vandalism similar to pockets in San Francisco. Outside of Caps games, I wouldn't recommend anyone walk around there.
With how incompetent DC Council is, it won't be too long before DC is a suburb of NoVa.
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cptjeff
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They played in Landover MD (where the Commies are now) for decades. This is not a new thing for sports teams, DC ones in particular. DC is geographically tiny due to the artificial legal constraints on its boundaries, this is like saying that Harvard isn't in Boston. Technically true, but stupidly misleading.
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Tune in as the titans take on the giants, each making the other appear normal size
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It's interesting. I live in NOVA and go to a fair number of Caps games to either see the Canes or because my wife is a Caps fan. I don't really care whether it's DC or Alexandria. But having the move into Virginia actually might be a little less convenient based on Metro lines and locations or the drive to get there from where I am. We go to few enough games that we can plan around that though. I'm intrigued if they can make a really nice entertainment/shopping/etc. area around there though.
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I don’t know what to think, so many good memories in DC.
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I mean we are talking about a team based in DC doing shit that completely illogical, sounds par for the course to me. Trying to act just like there name sake
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Ned with a great performance tonight for the Pens. 40 saves and a victory in a 12-round shootout
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Buffalo, your hockey team…..woof
Edit: Colorado held buffalo shotless for over 18 minutes to start the game. Then one shot led to a lucky bounce and shot 2 was a goal.
Edit: Colorado held buffalo shotless for over 18 minutes to start the game. Then one shot led to a lucky bounce and shot 2 was a goal.
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